The Goddess and the Cursed Prince

09. Night Exercise

In the morning Ijima was ready with the academy uniform, now he was combing his long hair in front of the mirror.

Chriss opened his eyes slowly as he smelled the fragrance. Her eyes looking ahead, Ijima gently hummed while combing her silver hair. The man got out of bed to approach Ijima, Chriss's appearance was the same as usual. When in casual fashion he wears clothes that show the chest of his field.

Chriss's hands touched Ijima's shoulders, "Take off the uniform, you're Neoma's queen, your job is to accompany me to take care of the work."

Ijima gasped to feel her husband's big hand touching her shoulder, "But my majesty has not been able to master some of the elements perfectly."

"I told you not to speak formally to me when we're both, Ijima," Chriss said.

"S-I should call you what?"

"Agot."

"C-Chriss," Ijima's great-grandson was afraid of mispronunciation.

Chriss' right hand raised rubbed the top of Ijima's head, "Yes, so. For that I will train you, I will train you at night."

Ijima was again surprised, "Aren't you tired, C-Chriss?"

Chriss shook his head, "I'm a disciple of the White Hermit so it's nothing."

"You're a disciple of the White Hermit? That means you're one college with Shwan."

"Yes, we are indeed one college" Chriss replied.

"Tell me how Shwan is doing in training there" said Ijima, excitedly turning his body towards Chriss.

Chriss' gaze turned mellow, "He's a great man, the White Hermit admires him more than I do, oh of course I'm just as great as him."

"I'm sorry, Chriss" said Ijima, aware of his mistake, he did not know that Chriss and Shwan did not get along.

...👑...

It was getting late and Chriss' meeting with the other kingdoms was not over. Ijima was also still faithfully accompanying her husband, the woman also occasionally noticed Chriss' interactions with the royal officials. Very polite and authoritative.

"Thank you for giving us advice, we have to go back because we can't leave the kingdom any longer." Chriss nodded, he got up from his seat and invited the guests home.

After they had already come out of the Neoma kingdom, Chriss sighed slowly. The man holding his temple restrains the dizziness that strikes whenever he is exhausted.

Ijima held Chriss' body from falling, slowly holding Chriss back to the chair.

"I'll call a healer" said Ijima but was arrested by Chriss.

"Necessary, I'm just exhausted."

"So what should I do?" tanya Ijima was confused.

Chriss patted the chair next to him, Ijima said. The woman's gaze could not be separated from Chriss's face, Ijima's eyes bulged when she saw a black mark on Chriss' neck.

"Chriss, your neck," Ijima panicked and touched Chriss' neck.

"Monster Geni is slowly eating away at my body" complained Chriss.

Ijima. Feeling sorry for the king of Neoma, but he could not do anything, his strength was not as strong as Goddess Emina. When Ijima's fingers wanted to touch the sign, Chriss suddenly moved out of his chair.

"Please rest assured, tonight we begin training" Chriss said before exiting the room with his right hand still lightly twitching his forehead.

Ijima smiled faintly, saw Shwan's bracelet and kissed briefly, "Wait a minute, I'll get revenge for you."

The woman also came out of the room after telling some guards to lock the door.

"Darang Annie," called Ijima as soon as he saw his personal servant talking to the gardener.

Dayang Annie turned her head with her usual warm smile, she and the gardener bent their bodies slightly as a sign of respect.

"What are you guys doing?" ask Ijima after returning their salute.

"We're just talking about the rose garden, Queen," replied Dayang Annie.

"This rose garden belongs to the late Queen Ixora, Queen." Now it was the turn of the gardener to answer.

Ijima nodded his head in understanding. She said Queen Ixora loved roses so much that King Kodama told his bodyguards to look for the seeds in various countries. Ijima threw a glance at the well-preserved expanse of red roses. The love story of her parents is very romantic, maybe Chriss will also be so if her companion Maki, not her.

"Queen, are you hungry?" tanya Dayang Annie breaks Ijima's daydream.

Ijima shook his head, "No, but bring me a cup of green tea." The woman stepped away after saying goodbye to the park manager. Ijima wanted to quickly remove the crown that was weighing on his head. So heavy.

Arriving at the room, Ijima took off all the accessories she was wearing without exception. He only wears a clean white kimono.

"Queen, may I come in?" ask someone from outside the door whom Ijima believes is Annie's lady-in-waiting.

"Please."

Cclek

Door opens. Appearing a middle-aged woman carrying a tray containing a cup of tea and some snacks.

Dayang Annie put a tray on the small table in front of Ijima, the woman who now bears the name Queen was thinking hard.

"Queen, what do you think?" asked the lady-in-waiting Annie then walked behind Ijima and then stomped her shoulders slowly.

"I was thinking how to pull out the monster in the noble body" Ijima replied softly.

"According to what I heard, the Geni monster will come out if he finds a human body suitable for his place to depend on."

"So it has to be moved?"

Dayang Annie nodded, it made Ijima more dizzy, he felt kasian to Chriss because he had to bear such a burden since childhood.

"You don't have to think of your majesty until it's like that, isn't it your job to just be with her for a year?" ask the lady Annie to make sure. He began to launch his action.

"Yes, you're right, I don't have to think about it."

...👑...

As Chriss said this afternoon. Now the two of them had started training near the lake. Chriss shrewdly attacks Ijima using her fire magic until the woman has no gap to resist.

"If you only survive without giving a fight back, you can perish" Chriss said before his small attack on Ijima.

"Oh," the woman groaned slightly back.

Chriss certainly did not let Ijima rest for a moment.

"Note this, Ijima." Chriss casts a fireball magic then throws the ball into the middle of the lake resulting in a moderate explosion. Ijima looked at Chriss' back, no wonder he had such strength. In addition to having a monster inside her, Chrisa is also a disciple of the White Hermit.

"Now try" Chriss said.

Ijima gathered his concentration, he put away his dirty thoughts. As the fireball began to form, Ijima suddenly felt a tremendous pain in his left hand.

"What's wrong with you?" chriss asked and then examined his wife's wrist. Blacker. That means Ijima has a trauma to the fire element.

Not wanting to bother, Chriss skipped the fire element and headed straight for the combined element.

Almost all night they train, maybe because Chriss is too great it makes Ijima unable to compete with him.

"C-chriss, I'm tired."

Chriss glanced at Ijima, "No, I won't give you a break even if you beg. If you want to be the leader of the sky then round out your resolve to become stronger."

Given that he also wanted to take revenge for Shwan's death, Ijima got back up and trained for an entire night with Chriss.

Without Chriss noticing, a hunter was monitoring from the largest tree branch.

"Their closeness makes me sick."